Hounslow Council has decided to go ahead with a CPZ for
part of Riverside ward, following the formal statutory consultation which
they say showed that a majority of residents favoured a scheme.

The general effect of the Parking Places Order will be
to introduce a new controlled parking zone (CPZ) in the Chiswick Riverside
2 area which would operate Mondays to Fridays 10am-12pm.

During the statutory consultation stage, which extended
from 16 June to 7 July, a total of 25 objections were received. 13 of
these objections related to either design discrepancy or a misunderstanding
of how the CPZ will operate, according to Hounslow Council. Some of the
objections included that permits were too expensive, that parking would
be displaced to surrounding streets and that local businesses would suffer.

The CPZ will consist of resident permit bays and shared
use bays which will allow business & resident permit holders and payment
by telephone which will be charged at £1.20 per 30 minutes. The
intention of the CPZ is to remove all day non-residential parking and
to increase the parking provisions for residents and their visitors.

The Council said, "Whilst it is recognised that
some roads did indicate majority opposition to
the CPZ proposals as part of the detailed design consultation, the decision
was taken to incorporate these roads in the proposed CPZ boundary due
to concerns that displaced parking would likely occur in these roads if
they were not included in the CPZ. Any decision not to include these roads
would almost certainly result in an increase in parking in the roads and
cause significant parking difficulties for residents and their visitors."

Following consultations in Riverside ward, Hounslow Council
decided in 2016 to add more streets to the area of controlled parking
in Grove Park.The proposed large developments near Chiswick, including
the Lionel Road football stadium in Brentford had led to more residents
in some roads in Grove Park asking for controlled parking to be considered.

Residents in Area 2 - including Burnaby Gardens, Fauconberg
Road, St Mary's Grove and fifteen other streets, were re-consulted in
light of the decision made at the Chiswick Area Forum to include Sutton
Lane South in the statutory consultation.

Despite deciding some years ago to reject controlled
parking for Grove Park as a whole, it now looks as if much of the area
is likely to get a parking scheme over the next few years as more streets
'opt in' because of parking 'creep'.